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Republic of Korea

High income Capital: Seoul 17 regions
35%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 10.3M people.
MODEL24th of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
10.3M
of 29.1M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
7.7%
2.2M people
People in workILO
29.1M
44% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
2.7%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
6.7%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$36,227
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
98%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.73
15th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
51.7M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
112%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
18%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
81%

Women and men

MODEL

Based on the real occupation mix of women’s and men’s jobs (ILO).

Women: any exposure 44%
Men: any exposure 29%
Women: highest exposure 10.9%
Men: highest exposure 5.2%

Women are +15.0 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Republic of Korea 35%
High income 35%
East Asia & Pacific 21%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
Republic of KoreaHigh income average
Digital infrastructure 0.18
Human capital & labour policy 0.16
Innovation & integration 0.18
Regulation & ethics 0.20

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.73 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Republic of Korea is highlighted. The other dots are all countries with both measures.

Sources: ILO modelled estimates 2025 · World Bank WDI · IMF AIPI · Anthropic Economic Index · Wikidata · Natural Earth. How the estimates are made.

Regions of Republic of Korea